Poker Hand Matchup: Billy Pappas vs. Jorryt van Hoof
William Pappaconstantinou	Win Pre-Flop	Win Post-Flop	Win Post-Turn
Starting Stack: 11,900,000	45.25 %	19.29 %	29.55 %
Jorryt van Hoof	Win Pre-Flop	Win Post-Flop	Win Post-Turn
Starting Stack: 45,825,000	53.49 %	77.37 %	70.45 %	Winner!

Posted On: Dec 10, 2014

Outcome

Preflop, final table, eight handed, with the blinds at 300,000 and 600,000 and a 75,000 ante, van Hoof raised to 1,400,000 from early position, and Pappas called in the big blind. On the flop Pappas checked and van Hoof checked. On the turn Pappas bet 1,825,000, van Hoof went all-in and Pappas folded.

Analysis

van Hoof was second in chip position at the start of this hand, and while he was opening from early position with a very marginal hand he had noticed the shorter stacks on his left were content to fold, so he opened up his game. Pappas defended the blind with his suited connectors but missed the flop. The narrow board actually offered van Hoof a four flush, but he missed his continuation bet. Due to his chip lead and the fact that the paired flop offered very little room for Pappas to connect, this would have been a nice spot for a semibluff to pick up the pot. Pappas picked up his own flush draw to spades on the turn, and he made a nice semibluff that would often pick up the pot after van Hoof’s show of weakness on the flop. van Hoof could have easily just called in position and pursued his draw, but he took a more aggressive tact by moving all-in. This was a surprising line after electing to check behind on the flop, but he realized Pappas would be hard pressed to call off his tournament life. van Hoof moved into the chip lead after mounting yet another courageous all-in bluff.